TOKYO -- The Japanese auto industry saw extensive realignment in 2016 as carmakers joined hands to sharpen their edge in a global race demanding the adoption of myriad new technologies. How these partnerships fare will be a focal point in the new year. ( read original story ...)
Japan seeks to increase its U.N. staffers to match financial outlay
Tokyo, which recently celebrated its sixth decade of U.N. membership, is not represented as much as its bountiful financial contributions to the international body would justify. At the job fair in Tokyo, students raised their hands in succession to ask ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Looks to Escape Its Economic Slump
Despite the upheavals of 2016, Japan plans to begin the new year by staying its economic course. In a Dec. 20 monetary policy meeting, the Bank of Japan chose to hold its interest rates steady — an unsurprising decision, given that in September the bank ... ( read original story ...)
Japan seeks to attract workers, tourists to quake-hit region
TOKYO -- Japan aims to attract more workers and tourists to the northeastern region of Tohoku, which is still trying to rebuild its economy from a devastating earthquake and tsunami nearly six years ago. Starting in April, government programs will provide ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign trends play larger role in Japanese growth for 2017
TOKYO -- The Japanese economy appears likely to expand by roughly 1% this year, but foreign risks such as a protectionist shift in Western nations and a stronger dollar threaten to undermine the growth potential. The global economy is trending upward. ( read original story ...)
Japanese stocks to rise in 2017
TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei is set to end slightly lower this year but rise in 2017 as expectations US President-elect Donald Trump’s policies will ratchet up interest rates buoyed the dollar against the yen, giving Japan Inc’s earnings a boost ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei ends volatile 2016 to mark highest close in two decades
"The market is changing from monetary to fiscal policies." Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.42 percent in 2016 to close at 19,114.37, marking the fifth consecutive annual increase and highest year-end finish since 1996 when it ended at 19,361.35. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘lucky bag’ market is a basket of unknowns
The next few weeks may see enlivened speculation Toshiba will be removed from the Nikkei 225 altogether. If that happens, even a cheap yen may not reverse an impression that Japan equities are a lucky bag best left on the shelf. ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Bank of Japan to extend loan support program for lenders another year – Nikkei
* Bank of Japan looking to extend loan support program for lenders another year Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: Next In Financials MORE FROM REUTERS ( read original story ...)
Japanese media critical of new comfort woman statue in Busan
The Japanese news outlets also expressed concerns about South Korea’s upcoming presidential election. The Nikkei noted that while President Park Geun-hye “reached an irreversible agreement” on the comfort women issue, South Korea “could demand ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese is affecting the English lexicon in new ways
The earliest Japanese loanword to appear in the Oxford English Dictionary ... It first appeared in the OED in a 1997 citation from the Nikkei Weekly, but didn’t make the dictionary until 2013. The year before last, it was dubbed Oxford Dictionaries ... ( read original story ...)
The top tech stories of 2016
Japan is one of many countries that has banned the device on ... A line on some fresh cash: Line launched its IPO on the Tokyo and New York stock exchanges, and raised more than ¥115 billion ahead of the listing. It was the second-biggest IPO of the ... ( read original story ...)
Swiss say goodbye to banking secrecy
The first beneficiaries of the Swiss tilt towards banking transparency include mostly rich European countries as well as Australia, Japan, Canada, and South Korea. For developing countries like India, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and South Africa the process ... ( read original story ...)
Diverging central banks will power dollar in 2017
One factor is that America's economy is expanding faster than the European Union or Japan. But central banks also have a lot to do with it. After years of buying bonds in an effort to ease financial conditions and rekindle inflation, the Bank of Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
In the world of internet banking, has everything gone mobile?
Here we address some key issues surrounding mobile versus desktop in relation to credit union internet banking. Mobile use demand is growing ... on computers in 10 countries including the US and Japan.” There is no doubt that trend has continued. ( read original story ...)
BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd Purchases 1,159 Shares of Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC)
BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd boosted its position in Wintrust Financial ... The Company conducts its businesses through three segments: community banking, specialty finance and wealth management. The Company provides community-oriented, personal and commercial ... ( read original story ...)